Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Waycross (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Waycross. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Waycross is located in Brown County.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Brown County: Bartholomew, Jackson, Johnson, Monroe & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Waycross. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Waycross:
- Brown County (The home county of Waycross)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waycross, with the one closest to Waycross listed first.
- Helmsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Beanblossom
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Spearsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Nashville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gnaw Bone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Story
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Pikes Peak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Becks Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waycross, with the one closest to Waycross listed first.
- Stony Lonesome
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- Pleasant View Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Corn Brook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Taylorsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- North Ogilville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Ogilville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogilville
- Garden City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Columbus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bethel Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Clifford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Jewell Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Petersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Jonesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabethtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waycross, with the one closest to Waycross listed first.
- Hendricksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Solsberry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waycross, with the one closest to Waycross listed first.
- Hazelwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Plainfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stilesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cartersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Clayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Amo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waycross, with the one closest to Waycross listed first.
- Houston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Houston is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Kurtz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kurtz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtz
- Norman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Spraytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spraytown
- Freetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waycross, with the one closest to Waycross listed first.
- Samaria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Peoga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Anita ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Princes Lakes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Trafalgar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nineveh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Providence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Banta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Bargersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Franklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Edinburgh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Amity
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waycross, with the one closest to Waycross listed first.
- Guthrie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Guthrie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Heltonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Zelma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Zelma is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Judah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Judah is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
- Popcorn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Popcorn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popcorn
- Avoca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Avoca is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Erie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Erie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Oolitic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Springville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waycross, with the one closest to Waycross listed first.
- Camby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Newton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Newton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
- Homecroft
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Homecroft is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Southport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waycross, with the one closest to Waycross listed first.
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dolan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Bloomington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ellettsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Highland Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Stinesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Clear Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Smithville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Harrodsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harrodsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Kirksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Stanford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waycross, with the one closest to Waycross listed first.
- Mahalasville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Morgantown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Martinsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Paragon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brooklyn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wilbur
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbur
- Waverly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Brookmoor
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brookmoor is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor
- Lake Hart
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lake Hart is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
- Red House ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Red House is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Hall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hall is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Owen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waycross, with the one closest to Waycross listed first.
- Gosport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Quincy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Spencer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cuba
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Atkinsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Freedom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waycross, with the one closest to Waycross listed first.
- Belle Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Union is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Union
- Cloverdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waycross, with the one closest to Waycross listed first.
- Mount Auburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Flat Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Boggstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Waycross, see our County-by-County Page for Waycross.
Cemeteries Near Waycross ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waycross.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Waycross - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Waycross covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Waycross, with the one closest to Waycross listed first.
- Taylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stepp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lanam Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Georgetown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Boles - Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nebo Memorial Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- South View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Calvin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gerholt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nast Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Maxwell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (353 more) ...
- Liberty Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sample Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hickory Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Waycross in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Waycross.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Waycross, with the one closest to Waycross listed first.
- Fleener
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fleener is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleener
- Needmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Needmore is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Mahalasville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Beanblossom
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morgantown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spearsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Martinsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Samaria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Chetwynd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Chetwynd is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetwynd
- Cope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cope is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cope
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Hyndsdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hyndsdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyndsdale
- Trafalgar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Waycross. See our List of 1890's Communities around Waycross.
Newspapers Published in Waycross ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 132 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waycross.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Waycross, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Waycross.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Waycross:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Brown County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Greene County
- Hendricks County
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Owen County
- Putnam County
- Shelby County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Waycross, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Waycross) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |